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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81560</law_id><section_number>28.2-1005</section_number><catch_line>Authority to regulate dredging of oysters</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="28.2">Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Tidal Fisheries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10">Compacts and Joint Laws With Other States</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Potomac River Compact; Related Laws</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The Potomac River <span class="dictionary">Fisheries</span> <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall have the power to make, adopt and publish such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable for authorizing and regulating the dredging of oysters in areas of the Potomac River within its geographical <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> and may <span class="dictionary">levy</span> license and repletion fees for same.</p></section></text><history>1974, c. 89, &#xA7; 28.1-229; 1982, c. 116; 1992, c. 836 .</history><metadata></metadata></law>
